Prospero Burns

The Horus Heresy, Book 15

By: Dan Abnett

Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong

The Emperor is enraged. Primarch Magnus the Red of the Thousand Sons Legion has made a terrible mistake that endangers the very safety of Terra. With no other choice, the Emperor charges Leman Russ, Primarch of the Space Wolves, with the apprehension of his brother from the Thousand Sons home world of Prospero.

This planet of sorcerers will not be easy to overcome, but Russ and his Space Wolves are not easily deterred. With wrath in his heart, Russ is determined to bring Magnus to justice and bring about the fall of Prospero.

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That last chapter. Wow!

I struggled to get into the book at the start and had to restart entire chapters cause I realized I hadn't even been listening.

once immersed though following along as, step by step, battle by battle, Kasper becomes one of the Vlka Fenryka. You don't realize it until the last chapter that you kinda feel like you'te part of the pack also as the Skald tells one of his best accounts.

that last chapter is amazing!

Give this book another chance

The first time through the book, I couldn’t get into it. I listened to Thousands Sons first then this novel, and was comparing the two books, which was wrong to do! The second time, I listened to both again with Nemesis in the middle, and that was the key! This book needs Nemesis to allow the space required to focus without comparing it to A Thousand Sons. If you didn’t like it the first time, listen to Nemesis and give it another try! Great book!!!

The twist

Marvelously written. A key part to the story. Great twist. Spot on perspective by a non-astartes.

stay with it

Annoying at first with purposely confusing timeline shifts, but it all pays off in the end.

Phenomenal

Stick with it … it is a slow burn to a glorious explosion …. Again a tragedy, neither player against brother, as the maestro played with the pawns